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Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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ERNEST EEIGE, oE sAeINAw, MICHIGAN.

DRAWER-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,455, dated November 22, 1892.

Application filed April 19, 1892. Serial No. 429,742. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST FEIGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, county of Saginaw, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Drawer-Fasteners; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in'the art to which it pertains t0 make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of drawerfasteners in which there is a catch attached to the rear portion of the drawer; and it consists in an improved mode of attaching the catch to that portion of the drawer.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of a drawer with the rear portion broken away, so as to show the catch in position when attached to the drawer. Fig. 2 represents the catch itself and its mode of construction. Fig. 3 represents the rear end of the drawer with a slot cut in the same for receiving the catch. Fig. 4 represents the left-hand side of an ordinary rolling-top desk with parts broken away to show the manner of locking and unlocking the drawer. Fig. 5 represents an enlarged section of the lockingbar, showing the slot cut therein for the insertion of the drawer-catch and a transverse pin, which engages in the notch in the catch when the locking-bar is down.

In the drawings similarletters refer to similar portions.

In Fig. l, A represents the catch shown attached to the drawer, as hereinbefore stated. B represents the drawer, and C represents the drawer-back to which the catch is attached.

In Fig. 2, o, represents one of the slots, as hereinafter described, and a represents the corresponding slot upon the opposite side.

In Fig. 3, C represents the drawer-back, and c represents the slot cut therein,in which the catch A is inserted. D represents the drawerbottom, which when placed in position closes the lower end of the slot c in the drawerback, as shown in Fig. 3. The drawer-catch A is preferably constructed of malleable castiron or brass, the end to be attached to the drawer-back being provided with one or more slots formed thereon, being marked in Fig. 2

a and a. These slots are of a width corresponding to the thickness of the drawer-back and are formed upon the catch A by flanges e, e', e2, and e3. These flanges are of sufficient width to embrace and firmly hold the catch A in position when inserted in the slot o in the drawer-hack C, as shown in Fig. l at E. The attachable portion of the catch A is preferably formed so that the flanges e e c2 e3 project above the web a2, so as to give a firmer hold upon the drawer-back to resist the pulling strain when the drawer is locked and attempted to be opened.

In Fig. et, F represents the left-hand side of an ordinary rolling-top desk with a portion broken away, showing an arrangement of drawers in which my invention is employed and means for locking them. This means consists of a longitudinally-moving upright bar G, in which are cut slots g g, through which the catch A is inserted while the drawer is closed, as shown in the three lower drawers B B B. Piercing the bar G and through the slots thus formed are the transverse pins H H. The bar and the catches on the drawers, together with the pins and slots, are so arranged that when the drawer is closed the pin engages in the notch formedvin the catches A A. At the top end of the bar G is attached the leverg. 'lhe depressing of one end of this lever by means of its attachment to the bar G raises the bar far enough so as to permit the catches to be drawn from under the transverse pins hereinbefore described. This lelver is depressed by the opening of the top.

This mode of locking is not new, and I lay no claim thereto.

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged view of a portion of the bar G, having a slot g and carrying a transverse locking-pin I-I.

In constructing .the drawers employing my invention a number of the drawer-backs are held together and the slot-o is cut in each of them by running them over a saw of appropriate thickness, whereby the formation of the slot is very readily and cheaply accomplished. The catches having been properly prepared, are inserted, as shown in Fig. l, in the drawer-back before the bottom D is placed in position by pressing the web c2 into the groove e in the drawer-back. This rmly fixes the catch A in position. The drawer- IOO obvious that this form of attachment of catches may be applied in other places and in other relations than the rear of a drawer and I therefore do not intend to confine myself to that location.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- In a drawer adapted to be locked from the rear end, the combination of a drawer-catch A, having formed thereon flanges e e e2 e3, connected by a web a2, and a slotted drawerback formed to t the web of the drawer-catch, and a drawer-bottom, whereby the Whole is secured together in the manner and for the purpose set forth, and means for locking the drawer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this speciiication in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST FEIGE.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. BRooKs, H. L. BLAISDELL; 

